Program Overview

Information Technology Degree

Overview

The Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Information Technology is a high-quality, academically challenging, and career-enriching program that maintains a balance between theoretical and experimental aspects of information technology, as well as a balance between software and hardware concepts.

Program Details

• Program Type: Major
• Format: On Campus
• Estimated Time to Complete: 4 years
• Credit Hours: 121

Mission

The mission of the B.S. in Information Technology is to provide an educational program that is high quality, academically challenging, and career-enriching by maintaining a balance between theoretical and experimental aspects of information technology, as well as a balance between software and hardware concepts.

Why Earn a Degree in Information Technology?

• Our B.S. in IT now allows students to choose courses from over 50 available supporting areas.
• These new areas are in collaboration with many UNT departments, and allow students to receive certification*, and diversify their academic coursework to concentrate on a specific career after college.
• The B.S. in Information Technology has been ABET-accredited since 2012 and educates students about developing computer software systems in an information technology environment, such as database, network or systems administration.
• The program provides flexibility through concentration areas including business, game development, pre-law, security and networking, and teaching certification to become a K-12 computer science teacher.

Marketable Skills

• Define requirements for complex systems
• Administer networks, servers, and databases
• Compare alternative systems architectures
• Teamwork
• Web, mobile, and traditional platform development

Information Technology Degree Highlights

• Engineering students work with students from the College of Visual Arts and Design to create 2-D and 3-D games, learn physics simulation, and perform research.
• Ours is the only IT program with accreditation from the Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC) of ABET.
• You'll learn from faculty members who've been recognized by the National Science Foundation, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
• Faculty research areas include computer networks and security, computer science theory, computer systems, software engineering, user-centric design, very-large-scale integration, and computer-aided design.
• Other research centers housed in the department are the Center for Information and Computer Security and Net-Centric Software and Systems Center.
• Classes and research are conducted at Discovery Park, a 300-acre research facility located five miles north of the main campus and serviced by a free shuttle.

What Can You Do With A Degree in Information Technology?

• Information technology applies modern technologies to creating, managing, and using information.
• IT professionals perform duties ranging from installing applications to designing complex computer networks and information databases.
• Possible career opportunities include:
  • Data and information management
  • Database systems design and applications
  • Network and systems security
  • Software design and development
  • Systems and network administration and configuration
  • Teaching computer science in high schools

Information Technology Degree Courses You Could Take

• Foundations of Data Structures (3 hrs)
• IT Project Management (3 hrs)
• Internet Programming (3 hrs)
• Introduction to Computer Networks (3 hrs)
• Enterprise Systems Architecture and Design (3 hrs)
• Foundations of Computing (3 hrs)